3 Rose Cottage, The Fordrough, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 3LY

3 Rose Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Northfield, Birmingham, Birmingham (B31 3LY). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£242/sq ft) was about 81.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £185,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.